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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Olivinae

Oliva circinata Marrat, 1871


Range: 2°N to 27°S; 50°W to 32.5°W
Depth: 1 to 65 m (live 60 to 60 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 65  mm

Synonymy

Oliva reticularis auct. non Lamarck, 1810
Oliva circinata Marrat, 1871
Oliva tostesi Petuch, 1987

Details


Oliva circinata Marrat, 1871, p. 21, pl. 340 [sic, 344], fig. 277
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Brazil
Range: 0°N to 26°S; 48.5°W to 36°W
Depth: 1 to 10 m
Maximum Reported Size: 65 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Amapa, Alagoas, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina
References: Marrat (1871) {M}; Sterba (2004) NSWM; Hunon, Hoarau & Robin (2009) DdE

Oliva reticularis auct. non Lamarck, 1810, 
[Not available]
Range: 2°N to 27°S; 50°W to 32.5°W
Depth: 26 to 65 m (live 60 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 60 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Amapa, Para, Maranhao, Ceara, Fernando de Noronha, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia
References: Leal (1991b) DdLlE
Comments: Misidentification by Rios (1985) and Leal (1991b).

Oliva (Strephona) circinata tostesi Petuch, 1987, p. 141, pl. 28, figs. 3-4
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Ilha Cabra, Ilhabela, Sao Paulo State, Brazil
Range: 24°S to 24°S; 45°W
Depth: 1 m
Maximum Reported Size: 41 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Sao Paulo
References: Sterba (2004) s


Partial List of References

Marrat, F. P. 1871. Oliva, Bruguière Thesaurus Conchyliorum 4 46 pp., pls. 342-350, 350[bis], 351
Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean molluscan faunas  [v] + 154 + A1-A4, 29 pls. Coastal Education & Research Foundation: Charlottesville, Virginia. [True date: 08 Jul 1987.]

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